Tashkent

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

The capital and largest city of Uzbekistan in the foothills of the Tian Shan. One of the oldest cities of central Asia, it was ruled by Arabs and then Turks until 1865, when it was annexed by Russia. In 1930 it replaced Samarqand as the capital of the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic. Population: 1,970,000.

The U.S. Embassy in Tashkent said Thursday the United States is closely monitoring the case and expects Uzbekistan to uphold its constitutional guarantees of freedom of expression and due process of the law.